Artist: Billy Bragg
Song: Full English Brexit
EP: Bridges Not Walls
Year: 2017
[Intro]
Am Am G D
[Verse 1]
G D
My neighbours don't drink at the local
G D
Or have kippers for breakfast like me
Am C
The food that they eat smells disgusting
Am D
They'd rather drink coffee than tea
[Verse 2]
G D
It's true that their kids are respectful
G D
They gave me their seat on the bus
Am C
But it's just that there's so many of them
Am D
That I fear what will become of us
[Verse 3]
Em B
I'm not racist, all I want is
C G D
To make things how they used to be
Em B
But change is strange and
C G D
Nobody's listening to me
[Verse 4]
G D
I cheered when our side won the Cold War
G D
Spread freedom and peace all around
Am C
Now there's folks speaking Russian in Tesco's
Am D
It's a shame the wall had to come down
[Verse 5]
G D
I know some are fleeing from war zones
G D
To keep their young children from harm
Am C
But my parents stayed put through the Blitz years
Am D
And me? I was sent to a farm
[Verse 6]
Em B
Yeah the sun shines, but sometimes
C G D
I don't feel like this is my country
Em B
But to say so? Oh no
C G D
I never get no sympathy
[Verse 7]
G D
Once we ruled over an empire
G D
So it feels like some kind of defeat
Am C
To comply with rules drawn up by strangers
Am D
And measure in metres not feet
[Verse 8]
G D
We don't want to go but by Jingo
G D
If we can't be in charge, then we must
Am C
But don't be offended, dear neighbour
Am D
It's not you: this is all about us
[Verse 9]
Em B
But it's alright, alright
C G D
I think I've found a remedy
Em B
Yes it's alright, gonna be alright
C G D
It's a Full English Brexit for me
[Outro]
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